A young pig slaughterer dreams of escaping from his suffocating life in the Italian countryside. In a moment of panic, he makes a break for the big city -- bringing along his girlfriend's teenage sister for the ride.

Saranac Lake is a sanatorium in which five characters are curing from a weird disease ; they cannot feel any emotion anymore. As a consequence, they cough and spit blood. The only cure ? To suceed in writing a love letter... or to die.

After the death of her mother, Anne makes a shocking discovery: an old photograph casts doubt on her origins and leads her to discover a mysterious uncle who lived with her parents after the war. As she lifts the lid on a long forgotten family secret, the young woman learns that her mother once succumbed to an amorous passion that was as intense as it was short-lived...

In a future where daylight is fatal, a group of people hope to escape from the planet.